Reviews tagging 'Death'

Hiroshima by John Hersey

24 reviews

pterodog's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

wadebittleston's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Violence, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

kwichris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

audreylee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

This was destined to be intense. Not only does the author describe the actual bombing of Hiroshima but the lack of information, medical care, and government assistance following the event. By following the story of a few of the survivors, the reader can see the long-term effects on the survivors and their descendants. The writing is very basic. The author leaves the drama to the bombing, effects of radiation, and perseverance of the Japanese people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

neptunereign's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cynaramaira's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

eddie_dee's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

endlesswonder's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

paigesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

While groundbreaking at the time, this book nowadays is not one I would recommend to read about Hiroshima. The stories of the 6 survivors are told in a way that was completely insipid, with no emotion attached. Only the first 12-ish hours post-attack were written about, and then suddenly their stories shifted to weeks later, not mentioning the difficulty in the days after of the bombing. I believe there are significantly better stories from survivors that showcase the true horrors and struggles. The book also read as a propaganda piece in order to clear the guilty conscious of Americans. The final chapter mentioned how Japanese people were proud to die for their emperor, and how they were more focused on the honor of the emperor speaking over the radio instead of the bomb that destroyed over 60% of their city.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Grief

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail